About Me

Mom to six great kids, Boo is 11, Robby 14 years, Ace is 15, Miss Busy is 18 and got married in October, Chels is 20 and Gadget-Boy,(who lives in Texas with his bride and my adorable grand daughter.)
Married to my best friend, Bear for nearly 31 years.
(I don't use real names for OpSec reasons.) So if you know my family personally, please refrain from using their real names in any comments you may post.
I'm into quilting, scrapbooking, preserving history, writing in my journal, cross stitch, sewing for my kids when I have the time, cooking, canning, freezing and otherwise "putting up" everything I can get my hands on in the summer so we can eat good in the winter.

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Saturday, January 23, 2010

Goals update

Well, after only a week, I have been up early 5 out of 7 days to do some sort of workout. I haven't completely fallen off the bandwagon and I'm feeling sore in places that I never knew could get sore.

I have taken back one pair of shoes and I'm searching for another. I need a good supportive shoe in which I can do my aerobics workout. Even though I do it on the floor at home, I can't do it shoeless. So the last few days I've been doing Pilate's and targeted muscle toning. It feels good, but I'm not getting the caloric burn that I'd like to accomplish.

I can't seem to stop putting calories in, however, and that is frustrating me. I'm trying to stay focused on the goal, and take baby steps. I have pretty much eliminated all the junk food in the house, but it is the quantity that I have a problem with now.

There will always be an ongoing battle between fat-girl and skinny-girl inside me. I know I can do this, I've lost weight and felt good about it before, it's just the dailiness and monotony of getting into a new habit.

It's so easy to have two pieces of toast instead of one. The toaster has two slots so why not just do another one. It's so easy to eat a whole package of trail mix, when I read on the package that there are two servings inside. I have to break out of these habits and replace with good ones.

And therein lies the problem.

How.

I'm making some motivational signs to post on the pantry doors and the fridge. That helped before.

UFO's in 2010

This is my list of Un-Finished Objects to complete this year. I won't say that I'm not starting anything else until this is done, because I'm just not that kind of girl. I need someting new to keep me interested. I work on lots of things at a time, sometimes I'm appliqueing, hand quilting, piecing, machine quilting, sewing non-quilt projects. So this will (hopefully) keep me on track.

Zeller Pinwheel Quilt

Thanksgiving Turkey wall-hanging

Christmas Cookie Nativity Calendar

Butterfly wallhanging

Red, green, crazy "Quilt as you go" throw

Beary Wonky Cabins for Robby

Jewels of Kansas Signature quilt

Christmas Quilt BOM

2009 Thimbleberries BOM

Army "Thimbleberries" BOM for Bear

Marine "Thimbleberries" BOM

Double Knit Poly "snuggle" quilt for Ace

Double Knit Poly "snuggle" quilt for Chels

Brother Memorial Quilt

I'll check them off as I complete them. This will help keep me accountable.